Reduce - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |rɪˈduːs|  American pronunciation of the word reduce
Brit.  |rɪˈdjuːs|  British pronunciation of the word reduce

verb

- cut down on; make a reduction in (syn: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim down)
reduce your daily fat intake
- make less complex
reduce a problem to a single question
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
He reduced the population to slavery
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
She reduced her niece to a servant
- be the essential element (syn: boil down, come down)
- reduce in size; reduce physically (syn: shrink)
- lessen and make more modest
reduce one's standard of living
- make smaller
reduce an image
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons (syn: deoxidize)
- narrow or limit (syn: tighten)
reduce the influx of foreigners
- put down by force or intimidation (syn: keep down, quash, repress, subdue, subjugate)
- undergo meiosis
The cells reduce
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (syn: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten)
- be cooked until very little liquid is left (syn: boil down, concentrate, decoct)
The sauce should reduce to one cup
- cook until very little liquid is left (syn: boil down, concentrate)
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture (syn: cut, dilute, thin, thin out)
- take off weight (syn: slenderize, slim, thin)

Extra examples

The medicine reduces the risk of infection.

We are trying to reduce our debt.

Stricter speed limit enforcement has reduced the number of car accidents.

Her prison sentence was reduced from 15 years to 10.

She has been reducing for six weeks.

He is greatly reduced by illness.

Hunger had reduced the poor dog to skin and bone.

The whole town was reduced to ashes in the bombing.

The facts may all be reduced to three headings.

After a long siege they reduced the fort.

The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.

The helmet law should reduce injuries in motorcycle accidents.

Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.

The workforce has been reduced by half.

All the shirts were reduced to £10.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: reduce
he/she/it: reduces
present participle: reducing
past tense: reduced
past participle: reduced
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